Orlando shooting: Is there an answer, or are human beings just naturally murderous?

It’s easy to start believing that there are multiple problems in the world and that many cannot be solved, especially during weeks like this with the Orlando shooting.

But nothing could be further from the truth. There is a solution whose time has come. And it is an understanding of these Three Principles.

If you’d like to learn more about the One Solution initiative that I mention in this audio, please visit the website: http://onesolutionevent.com.

P.S. I’d love for you to join my free Facebook group, the Mind Yoga Spa. Let’s have a relaxing conversation about dissolving stress and living life with more joy. There is hope for a better life and a better world for everyone.

5 Comments

Kathy
on June 24, 2016 at 5:53 pm

Hi, Mary. I understand that everyone has innate health but when people lack things that most of us consider necessities such as food and clean water, how are they not to experience insecurity and be willing to fight to get them?

This is the type of global problem I mentioned on your FB page with which I have a hard time reconciling how the 3Ps work.

Hi Kathy: Thank you for this thoughtful comment. I’m not sure I quite understand your question, but I’ll post an answer and if I’ve missed your point, please feel free to straighten me out. Insecurity is Thought. It cannot come from a circumstance, even when it looks like it does. Someone could be on the brink of death, but it does not mean they do not have innate health and security. They may, indeed, experience insecurity, but that insecurity is still Thought. The reason I see the Principles as the solution to global problems like poverty is because when people see this clearly — that their security, for instance, does not depend on keeping another group of people down — then the need to defend or lash out disappears entirely. What takes its place are clarity and cooperation, and solutions to problems like this become much more obvious. Did I answer your question?

Thanks for answering, Mary. I will try to be clearer about what confuses me.

I understand how the principles work when we are talking about what is going on in our heads but I don’t fully understand or know how to communicate to people who are hungry, thirsty, or in physical pain that it is only their thinking about what they are experiencing, not the actual lack of food or water or the source of the pain (disease, injury), that is the true cause of their distress. It doesn’t look like it is “all in their heads”.

Hi Kathy: Yes, I see. No matter what someone is experiencing, it’s never helpful to tell them it’s “all in their head” or that it’s “just thought.” People’s suffering is real, whether it’s physical, mental/emotional, or both. Anytime someone is in pain of any kind, pointing them toward their innate well-being — in other words, toward who they really are — can be the key to easing their suffering. Of course, we want people’s basic physical needs met; that goes without saying. Someone’s physical or mental state, however, has no effect on their innate well-being. Nothing ever touches that, maybe not even death (although that’s a bit beyond my pay grade!). Is this clearer?

The issues that understanding the 3Ps “resolved” for me were “in my head” so it was not difficult to see how it worked. It is trickier to with these other types of problems, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Thanks for responding.